17 R5, wired connection issues

I am having a very odd problem while connecting to certain websites using the new Alienware 17r5. It is equipped with the Killer G2500 for the wired connection and the Killer 1435 for wireless. When connected via the wire, I get this error when trying to access certain sites: ERR_SSL_BAD_RECORD_MAC_ALERT. It does not matter whether I used Firefox, Chrome or Edge. Same error. However, if I disconnect the wire and just go wireless, it all works fine. What is going on here? How can I resolve this?

Re: New Alienware 17r5 connection issues

Ok, ended up doing a chat with a very knowledgeable Dell tech support agent. They removed the network and bluetooth drivers and the Killer Software Suite. Reinstalled just the drivers without their software and it works great. Apparently that software causes a lot of weird issues. In case anyone else runs into this issue.

Re: New Alienware 17r5 connection issues

Ok, ended up doing a chat with a very knowledgeable Dell tech support agent. They removed the network and bluetooth drivers and the Killer Software Suite. Reinstalled just the drivers without their software and it works great. Apparently that software causes a lot of weird issues. In case anyone else runs into this issue.

Re: New Alienware 17r5 connection issues

The Killer software has been......interesting.....to say the least for quite some time.

Chances are if you install the newest software from the Killer website it will probably work fine , but whatever version most system ship with causes issues non stop for a lot of people. Most of the time it is actually the Wireless that goes flaky instead of the wired.

In almost every case just removing the Killer Software and leaving the driver fixes it.

Re: New Alienware 17r5 connection issues

Just purchased 17 R5. Worked fine for two weeks. Now same issue. Wireless to router is fine. All other devices have connections to Internet..., but not my brand new, very expensive Alienware laptop with a well-known issue. C'mon Dell.

Re: New Alienware 17r5 connection issues

Found this thread searching for ERR_SSL_BAD_RECORD_MAC_ALERT which I am seeing in the Chrome console intermittently on TDBank's online banking site and others.

I have a Dell G7 with the Rivet Networks hardware and their software. Wireless works fine with TDBank and other sites. Over wired, lots of those errors and the site does not work.

Thanks to this thread, I went into "Killer Control Center" (had never run this thing before) and saw a switch for "Advanced Stream Detect". Was on. Turned it off and like magic those errors went away in the Chrome console. I tried this first rather than doing a whole reinstall of the Rivet stuff and it happened to work.